Vasu Srinivasan

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[prathosh A P @prathoshap]

What is the purpose of higher education in the age of AI?

I had a very candid conversation with my students about pedagogy, universities, and what needs to change.

Sharing it here to hear what others think. The link for the full talk is in the first reply.

[Puneet Mehta @puneetmehtanyc]

On Sunday, @JensenHuang said, “AGI has arrived.”

For the Fortune 500, the next question is whether an AI agent can get a badge at your company.

The winners won’t just have the smartest models. They’ll know what an agent may do, when it must stop, and who owns the consequences.

That is sanctioned intelligence.

Full story, including five controls for putting AI agents to work: https://t.co/7I2L13D8cF

[Parimal @Fintech03]

Just saw @bhatnaturally Ji's post on Ekadashi, where he makes a strong case in defense of fasting. When people mock Ekadashi but praise identical practices under names like Intermittent Fasting/Biohacking/Circadian Rhythm Fasting, it highlights a double standard.

In 2016, scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering how autophagy works. When we stop eating for a certain period, our body runs out of external energy. Instead of starving, it starts a cleanup process. It hunts down & destroys old, damaged cells, misfolded proteins & viruses, recycling them for energy.

Fasting 2x a month on Ekadashi acts as a regular, systematic reset button for our cells, essentially detoxifying the body naturally.

Now the question arises: Why specifically the 11th lunar day & not the 4th/5th/7th/any other day?

The word Ekadashi means “eleventh,” referring to the 11th tithi (lunar day) in the waxing/waning lunar fortnight. Traditional Vedic astronomy observes that this day corresponds to a specific angular relationship (~120-132 degrees) b/w the Sun, Moon & Earth. Just as the Moon’s gravity creates ocean tides, it exerts a very small but measurable influence on Earth’s atmosphere & by extension, on the fluids in our bodies (which are ~60% water).

Fasting/eating very light food (like fruits) during this time reduces the water retention & bloating in the body, lowering blood pressure & reducing stress on the digestive system & brain.

Also, our digestive tract uses a massive amount of our body's daily energy. Continuous eating means our stomach, liver & intestines never get a break. A bi-monthly fast gives the metabolic system a rest. This improves insulin sensitivity & allows the gut lining to repair itself, which boosts overall immunity.

These ancient practices are not just arbitrary rituals/illiterate superstitions, they align perfectly with modern biology.

[prathosh A P @prathoshap]

@AnujKum82046422 Who cares.... We work for incentives that people without Bharatiya Samskaras don't understand.
येन केन प्रकारेण यस्य कस्यापि देहिनः ।
सन्तोषं जनयेत् प्राज्ञस्तदेवेश्वरपूजनम् ॥

[Rajiv Malhotra @RajivMessage]

Better than all the babu projects, guru projects, isolated academic projects, presentations and claims at 100s of conclaves etc. Thank you swarajyamag for yet another important article.
https://t.co/rKzQPY1rGB

[Vasu Srinivasan @vasya10]

An introductory verse in काल-माधवः - with a pun on numbers, while praising his King Sri Bukka Raya (co-founder of Vijayanagara Empire). Its a treatise on "Determination of Proper Time" (of solar, lunar tithiH, intercalary months, samskAra times, eclipses etc.)

[Vasu Srinivasan @vasya10]

Know who else was "धुरन्धरः"? Here's Sri Madhavacharya on his King:

सत्यैक-व्रत-पालको द्विगुणधीः त्रयर्थी चतुर्व्वेदिता
पञ्च-स्कन्ध-कृती षडन्वयः दृढः सप्ताङ्ग-सर्व्वसहः ।
अष्ट-व्यक्ति-कला-धरो नव-निधिः पुष्य-दृश-प्रत्ययः
स्मार्तोच्छ्राय धुरन्धरो विजयते श्रीबुक्कण-क्षमा-पतिः ।।

[Vasu Srinivasan @vasya10]

@KushagraAniket अभिनन्दनानि वर्य !

[yajnadevam @yajnadevam]

ॐ नमो भगवते रुद्राय । ॐ सरस्वत्यै नमः ॥

Indus corpus is 100% translated.

Some observations:
1. Grammatically correct Sanskrit throughout.
2. Consistent themes. A huge percentage (approx 90% relate to Rudra. Other gods like Indra and Vishnu are mentioned by their other names).
3. Rare missing anusvara, visarga as in later Brahmi inscriptions
4. Almost all inscriptions are R>L. Very few are L>R, most of L>R have the directional marker.
5. There is only one word रल in only one inscription M-1701 that is not officially in the dictionary. Related words do exist in the dictionary.

All in all, the translation effort has been a spectacular success and validates the decipherment.

I'd like to give a shoutout to all who have helped with the website, Sanskrit grammar, many suggestions. Especially thanks to the early critics, who tried to falsify my work. Your work improved the decipherment because my direction was generally right. The list of people to acknowledge is very long and impractical to list here.

Now enjoy!
indusscript. net (remove the space before net)

[Srini Raghavan @srinioraghavan]

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[The Paperclip @Paperclip_In]

Today marks Tintin's birthday, and what better way to celebrate than diving into an intriguing detail from one of his adventures? Remember the iconic orange taxi in Delhi from Tintin in Tibet? There’s a quirky story and possibly a glaring error behind it! Thread 1/13

[The Atharva Forum @AtharvaForum]

[NEW]
Prof RN Iyengar & S. Subrahmanya discuss the enormous observational astronomical information in the Vedic tradition. Professor shares the uniqueness of the tradition & shows the development in works like Parāśaratantra & Vṛddhagarga.
https://t.co/01ICesv8DY

#AncientSkies

[Vasu Srinivasan @vasya10]

Hoping the Google map colors are just an experiment. Darker blue contrast against other grays negates any benefit. Older yellow (road) vs blue (rte) vs gray (alt routes) were easier to spot. Now every route looks a shade of gray. Alt rte-s are indistinguishable. @googlemaps

[Vasu Srinivasan @vasya10]

@KushagraAniket साधु
@KushagraAniket
वर्य । अन्वयः सरलः, विग्रह-वाक्यानि उपयोगकरानि । अन्वयसहितम् मध्ये-मध्ये यथोचितं प्रशनोत्तररूपं वरमिति मे मति: । यथा - शमयतु । क: शमय��ु? सलिलम् शमयतु । किम् / कं शमयतु? अशिवम् शमयतु । केषाम्? नः शमयतु । कीदृशम् सलिलम्? किमपि सुधासोदर्यम् सलिलम् .. इत्यादि ।

[Vasu Srinivasan @vasya10]

"Whats the best..." will elicit "several best" answers that defeats the question.. A better way to frame is "Do I want Honey? Or am I satisfied with HFCS?" :-)

[roon @tszzl]

what’s the best translation of Bhagavad Gita? or should I suck it up and learn Sanskrit?

[Vasu Srinivasan @vasya10]

@Amerikannadiga @hamsanandi "राग-प्रवाहम्" ग्रन्थे (MN Dandapani/D Pattammal) "पार्वती" नाम्ना रागः शुभपन्तुवराल्याः जन्यः इति सूचितः । (s g2 m2 p n3 S/S n3 p m2 g2 s)

[Vasu Srinivasan @vasya10]

@hsraghav सङ्ग्रह-रामायणम् - नारायण-पण्डिताचार्यः
लघु-रामाय��म् - कृष्ण-अवदूत-पण्डितः
राम-चारित्र्य-मञ्जरी - श्री राघवेन्द्रतीर्थः
मूल-रामायणम् - lost
निरोष्ठ-रामायणम् - anon
रामोदन्तम् - परमेश्वर कविः
नाम-रामायणम् - लक्ष्मणाचार्यः
श्री-भार्गव-राघवीयम् & लघुरघुवरम् - श्री रामभद्राचार्यः

[Indica Today @indicatoday]

A king-turned-hermit, author of three hundred stanzas & of masterpiece #Vākyapadīya - #Bhartrhari’s analysis of #Sanskrit transcend boundaries of language & relate to metaphysics, epistemology, and ontology ~ Sthaneshwar Timalsina

@IndicaOrg
https://t.co/0Lj06BpZlO

[Sriram Subramanian @sriramhere]

Thank you for all that responded. Would appreciate your input on the next steps. Please find the initial proposal: https://t.co/AcQEElX8hH (req access if you would like to edit).
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@yajnadevam
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[सुदर्शनः @sudarshanhs]

@IndusThink @satoverma ॥ रघुवीरकोशः ॥

Dictionary of scientific terms.

https://t.co/6W1jT2sSn2